Y: The Last Man – One Small Step

Y: The Last Man Vol 3. In this installment, Vaughn pushes a subplot that has slowly been building since the beginning involving Israeli militant soldiers. Their eventual plan is to kidnap him and repopulate the homeland becoming the only nation on earth with a male population. The only thing I didn’t care for was the…

Y: The Last Man – Cycles

Y: The Last Man Vol. 2 This series is shaping up to be one of my all time favorites.When we last left Yorick, he was trying to travel across the United States with the help of Agent 355 and Dr. Mann. This is especially difficult when most roadways are blocked with abandoned vehicles and other…

Y: The Last Man – Unmanned

Y: The Last Man Vol. 1 All the men are dead.Yorick Brown remains after a mysterious virus eliminates every last thing with a Y chromosome. While he’s expected to do his part in figuring out why he survived, he’s mainly concerned with finding his would-be fiancé in the outback of Australia.This would be my first experience…

Shootin’ The Shit with Kevin Smith

Shootin’ The Shit with Kevin Smith I’ve gone on record in the past at proclaiming how much I appreciate the work of Kevin Smith, so, it’s not surprising that I’m reviewing yet another Smith release. About two and a half years ago, Smith brought us SModcast. SModcast is a (somewhat) weekly podcast where you are treated…

The Bookman

Lavie Tidhar’s The Bookman When I was a kid, there was this TV special that combined a lot of the more famous cartoon characters at the time. The special was used as a deterrent for kids to avoid drug and alcohol use. You had the likes of Alf, the Muppets and the Ninja Turtles teaming…

The Sins of the Fathers

Block’s The Sins of the Fathers **Review originally written in August, 2011.**I needed a hole to fill the VOID left by my consumption of the John Connolly Charlie Parker series. Luckily, Connolly has a new book coming out in September, The Burning Soul. Until then, I needed a detective series of substance. A character so cool, so…

Thumbprint

Joe Hill’s Thumbprint “You’d be surprised what you can do to people”. I haven’t read or watched a lot of fiction that has to do with war. I’ve only really seen a handful of movies and the majority of them paint soldiers in a glowing light. I’m not about to sit here and criticize those…

Fatale: Death Chases Me

Brubaker & Phillips’ Fatale But what good was it loving someone so perfect when you were watching yourself crumble to dust every morning in the mirror? The reigning comic book world tag team champions of the world return for another round of awesome with a new series!  This time around, Brubaker and Phillips are weaving…